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The smell of the ocean breeze reflecting off the waves, the wind feathering through your hair, the sails flapping in the wind – All reminiscent of a great way to spend a laid-back day cooling down and mellowing out – Be it on a sailboat or a houseboat. Sound like a plan? How ’bout some tunes to complement the feeling.

Maybe your plans are a little more formal and you’re heading out on a week or longer cruise to the islands or up to Alaska or Canada. Or for the real adventurer, even to the Caribbean or Mediterranean for an elite getaway.

In any event, music always helps make for a smoother journey. Here you will find songs from all eras and genres that mention boats, ships, cruises, sails, sailing, yachting, etc. in the title or prominently throughout the lyrics. This should help you build a pretty decent playlist for your mp3 or burn for your cd to take with you. And hey, if all else fails, at least you can put on tropical theme at your next pool party or get together on the beach, and let the music take you on a “mental journey” away from it all.

Enjoy! – Bon Voyage! 🙂

Songs About Boats Ships & Sailing

Banana Boat (Day-O) – Harry Belafonte

Big Boat – Peter Paul & Mary

Boat Drinks – Jimmy Buffett

Boats Against The Current – Eric Carmen

Boats To Build – Guy Clark

Boats To Build – Alan Jackson

Beyond The Sea – Bobby Darin

Brandy – The Looking Glass

Calypso – John Denver

Closer To Home/I’m You’re Captain – Grand Funk Railroad

Come On Down To My Boat – Every Mother’s Son

Come Sail Away – Styx

Crystal Ship – The Doors

Dock of The Bay – Otis Redding

Downeaster Alexa – Billy Joel

Drive (For Daddy Gene) – Alan Jackson

Dreamboat Annie – Heart

Ghosts of Cape Horn – Gordon Lightfoot

Gilligan’s Island Theme – TV Theme

Harbor Lights – Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra

Harbor Lights – Bing Crosby

Harbor Lights – The Platters

If I Had A Boat – Lyle Lovett

I’m On A Boat – Lonely Island

Key Largo – Bertie Higgins

The Last Farewell – Roger Whittaker

Longer Boats – Cat Stevens

Lost Sailor – Grateful Dead

Love Boat – TV Theme

Michael (Row Your Boat Ashore) – Highwaymen

Night Boat To Cairo – Madness

On A Slow Boat To China – Kay Kyser & His Orchestra

On The Good Ship Lollipop – Shirley Temple

One Particular Harbor – Jimmy Buffett

Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) – Enya

Pirate Looks At Forty – Jimmy Buffett

PT 109 – Jimmy Dean

The River – Garth Brooks

Rock The Boat – Hues Corporation

Red Sails In The Sunset – Guy Lombardo & His Orchestra

Red Sails In The Sunset – Bing Crosby

Red Sails In The Sunset – The Platters

Redneck Yacht Club – Craig Morgan

Ride Captain Ride – Blues Image

Row Row Row Your Boat – (traditional folk song)

Sail Along Silvery Moon – Bing Crosby

Sail Along Silvery Moon – Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra

Sail Away – Randy Newman

Sail Away – Oak Ridge Boys

Sail Boat In The Sky – Guy Lombardo & His Orchestra

Sail On – The Commodores

Sail On – Tom Grant

Sail On Sailor – Beach Boys

Sailboat In The Moonlight – Guy Lombardo & His Orchestra

Sailboat In The Moonlight – Billie Holiday

Sailin’ Around – John Prine

Sailin’ Away On The Henry Clay – American Quartet

Sailin’ Shoes – Little Feat

Sailing – Rod Stewart

Sailing – Christopher Cross

Sailing Away – Chris DeBurgh

Sailing Down The Chesapeake Bay – Henry Burr & Albert Campbell

Sailing On The Robert E. Lee – Ray Noble

Sailing On The Seven Seas – Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark (OMD)

Sailing To Paradise – Pablo Cruise

Sailor (Your Home Is The Sea) – Lolita

Sailor Man – Johnnie & Jack

Sea Cruise – Frankie Ford

Ship In The Bottle – Stonewall Jackson

Ship of Fools – The Doors

Ship of Fools – Robert Plant

Ship of Fools – Erasure

Ship of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow) – World Party

Ship To Shore – Chris DeBurgh

Ship Without A Sail – Ella Fitzgerald

Shipbuilding – Elvis Costello

Ships – Barry Manilow

Ships That Don’t Come In – Joe Diffie

Sink The Bismarck – Johnny Horton

Sinking of The Reuben James – Woodie Guthrie

Sinking of The Reuben James – Kingston Trio

Six Months In A Leaky Boat – Split Enz

Shrimp Boats – Jo Stafford

Sloop John B – Beach Boys

Sloop John B – Kingston Trio

Smooth Sailin’ – TG Sheppard

Son of A Son of A Sailor – Jimmy Buffett

Southern Cross – Crosby Stills & Nash

Trains & Boats & Planes – Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas

Two Pina Coladas – Garth Brooks

When My Dreamboat Comes Home – Fats Domino

When My Ship Comes In – Clint Black

When The Ship Comes In – Bob Dylan

When The Ship Hit The Sand – Little Jimmie Dickens

Wooden Ships – Crosby Stills Nash & Young

Wooden Ships – Jefferson Airplane

Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot

Yellow Submarine – The Beatles

Here are a few more song posts with related travel themes on this site:

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Here a few other songs…Like The Sea by Alicia Keys, Ship Ahoy by the Ojays, Rock the Boat by Aaliyah, The Sea by Corinne Bailey Rae, The Captain of Her Heart by Double, Love Overboard by Gladys Knight and the Pips, Voyage to Atlantis by The Isley Brothers, Fantastic Voyage by Lakeside,

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